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    Notre Dame’s Defensive Recruiting Ranks as Elite

    01.27.2011 · Posted in -Football News, -Football Recruiting, News

    (Notre Dame Football News | The Rock Report) – With signing day less than a week away, it appears that Notre Dame’s defensive recruiting is all but done and will rank among the best in decades.  The strength of this class is in the front seven and specifically ...

    Floyd Returns to Irish

    01.12.2011 · Posted in -Football News

    By returning for his senior season, Michael Floyd will likely go down as the most productive receiver in Notre Dame history.  He already holds the Notre Dame record for most touchdown receptions, he’s second in most receptions and third in receiving yards.  He accomplished all of that in three injury shortened seasons.  Barring an injury ...

    A Season Rescued

    12.31.2010 · Posted in -Football News

    Notre Dame, behind a poised freshman quarterback and armed with excellent game plans on both sides of the ball, completed the 2010 season with one of the most improbable winning streaks in its modern history by defeating Miami 33-17 in the Sun Bowl.

    The Irish, justifiably left for dead after suffering an injury to starting … ...

    “Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot . . .”

    12.28.2010 · Posted in -Football News

    A two-decades-dormant rivalry renews itself in the 2010 Sun Bowl. Those who complain about the lack of a true college football playoff forget that in the late 1980’s there was a playoff of sorts. It was the Notre Dame-Miami game.

    In 1988, defending national champion and top ranked Miami rode a 16-game winning streak ...

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